- 1962 in architecture
The year 1962 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Coventry Cathedral inEngland , designed byBasil Spence is completed.
*Maracaibo Lake Bridge inVenezuela , designed byRiccardo Morandi is opened.
* TheSpace Needle inSeattle is completed for theCentury 21 Exposition .
* The TWA Terminal atJFK Airport inNew York , designed byEero Saarinen is opened.
* Policromatic condominium block inZagreb byIvo Vitic is completed.
* TheTour CIBC inMontreal ,Canada is completed.
* ThePlace Ville-Marie inMontreal ,Canada is completed.
* TheSentech Tower inJohannesburg ,South Africa is completed.
* TheKPN-Zendmast Waalhaven inRotterdam ,The Netherlands is completed.
* BothMarina City towers inChicago ,United States are completed however are not fully furnished until1964 .
* TheTryvannstårnet inOslo ,Norway is completed.
* TheMinolta Tower inNiagara Falls is opened.
* The Cadet Chapel at theUnited States Air Force Academy , designed byWalter Netsch , is completed.
*Dalgety Bay , a smallNew town inFife ,Scotland is finished.Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Eero Saarinen (posthumous).
*Architecture Firm Award -Skidmore, Owings & Merrill .
*RAIA Gold Medal -Joseph Fowell .
*Royal Gold Medal -Sven Gottfried Markelius .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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Deaths
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